Was going back to his home town" is a phrase, not a sentence, because it lacks a

It lacks a subject. If it said: he was going back to his home town, it would work

Subject.

Explanation:

If the group of related words doesn't have a subject and verb, it's a phrase. We're not told who is going back to his home town.

c? not a 100% sure

explanation:

while his customary satire is present in mark twain's short story "the notorious jumping frog of calaveras county," there is a cloaking of this satire as twain's narrator is not directly involved. another literary device that you could build a thesis around is the use by twain of hyperbole.

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